Baker Street near the bridge in Hudson was laid out July 1889 on land owned or previously owned by Kimball Webster. This street went from Main St. (now Ferry St.) near Derry Road and proceeded northward to land set aside for the Methodist Church parsonage and then eastward to Derry Rd. (now a part of Highland Street).

By 1892, when the Hurd Atlas of New Hampshire towns was published, there were only four houses on Baker St., corresponding to 4, 6, 8, and 10 Baker St. today. Each of these four homes were built between 1889 and 1892 by/for John Henry Baker, Ezra A. Martin, Gerry Walker, and Abi A. Sanders, respectively.

A short time after 1892, a house was built on what is now 12 Baker St. and land at 13 Baker St. (now the corner with Highland Ave.) had been designated as the site of Methodist Church parsonage, replacing the parsonage that was destroyed by fire on Central St. a few years earlier.

Lovisa Underwood (Webster) and John Henry Baker moved from the Pembroke area between 1856 and 1858 with their son John Julian.

A daughter Mittie and a son William Wallace were later born in Hudson.

John Henry was a stone cutter and a farmer. In October, 1888, he purchased a 22,800 square foot lot from his brother-in-law, Kimball Webster.

This lot was located near Derry Road on the proposed Baker Street. His Victorian style home was the first to be built on that street and it became the family home for three generations of Bakers.

John Henry lived here for the duration of his life; passing in January 1916. His wife, Lovisa pre-deceased him in March 1900. They were laid to rest in Sunnyside Cemetery.

This house became home to siblings Mittie and John Julian. Their other sibling, William Wallace, also resided there until his marriage to Sarah Lee Oldell in December, 1899, at about which time he secured and built on the lot at 6 Baker St.

After receiving their education John Jullian and William Wallace each spent a few years working for their uncle, Nathan Webster, in his grocery and grain business on Central St.

In 1890 these brothers became business partners as they took over the operation and ownership of the store.

John Julian passed in February, 1942 at the age of 89 and Mittie passed in July 1949 at the age of 89.

After settling the estate of Mittie Baker title for the home at 4 Baker St. went to her nephew, John Earl.

John Earl lived there until August 1965 when the home was sold outside the Baker family to Fred and Hazel Felber, who owned it for 28 years until it was sold from her estate in 1993.

In the intervening years to the present time this property has had three owners. At present, it is a three-family complex.

The first home at 6 Baker St. was built by Ezra A. Martin about 1889 and unfortunately destroyed by fire by in 1890.

There is no evidence he rebuilt as the lot was taken over by William Wallace Baker and he built his own residence there in 1899.

From this home William Wallace and Sarah (Oldall) Baker raised their family of three sons; John Earl (born in1901), Sidney (1902), and Walace Grant (1907).

He passed in December, 1932, and by October, 1941, the house was purchased by James and Ethel Hopwood.

James was employed in Wilton and Ethel was teacher in the Hudson School System, primarily at Webster School.

By the mid 1950s they had retired. The Baker St. house was then sold to George A. Fuller and Roland Levesque in November 1961.

It has been converted to a multi-family residence.